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New Japan 11/28/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Aomori with Block B.

Today’s event was held at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 1187.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Owens pinned Nagai after Last Testament.

Match 2: Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. EVIL pinned Yasuda after a lariat.

Match 3: Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Desperado pinned Matsumoto after Pinche Loco.

Match 4: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano. Kidd pinned Murashima after O-KNEE.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer beat Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Zayne pinned Takahashi after Black Out Sauce.
Match 6: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Newman pinned Umino after Excalibur.
Match 7: SANADA & Ren Narita beat Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Oiwa with Guillotine Of Hell.
Main Event: OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Ice pinned Tanahashi after Cruella.

Standings (Block B):
1-Narita/SANADA, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Newman/Khan, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Zayne/Archer, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Takahashi/Finlay, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oiwa/Sabre, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Uemura/Umino, 1-2, 2 pts
7-OSKAR/Ice, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Phantasmo/Tanahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Mutsu Maeda Arena in Aomori with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

New Japan 11/26/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with Day 3 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1533.

Match 1: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Zane Jay, ALex Zayne & Lance Archer. Finlay pinned Jay after a powerbomb whip.

Match 2: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Young pinned Kato after Imperial Prison.

Match 3: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita. Oiwa pinned Kanemaru after The Grip.

Match 4: Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. OSKAR pinned Murashima.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Takahashi after War Blaster.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Kojima.
Match 7: Don Fale & EVIL beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. EVIL pinned Takagi after EVIL.
Main Event: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Boltin Oleg & Toruy Yano. Goto pinned Yano after Shoto.

Standings (Block A):
1-Kidd/Tsuji, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Ishikawa/Desperado, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Fale/EVIL, 2-1, 4 pts
4-YOSHI-HASHI/Goto, 2-1, 4 pts
5-Oleg/Yano, 2-1, 4 pts
6-Moloney/Takagi, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Kojima/Taichi, 1-2, 2 pts
8-Owens/Takahashi, 0-3, 0 pts
The top 2 teams advance to the Semifinals. TIebreaker if needed is head-to-head result.

The next event is Friday at Aomori City General Gym in Aomori with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

The December broadcast schedule appears set, and despite earlier proclamations it appears there will be 2 untelevised events next month, which is 2/3 of the short Road To TOKYO DOME Tour-12/19 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and 12/21 at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. The year-end event on 12/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be live and on demand.
For early 2026, Tokyo Dome on 1/4 will be live and on demand on New Japan World OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY as should be New Year Dash!! on 1/5 at Ota City General Gym, the next Yuji Nagata Produced event on 1/18 in Chiba, and at least the first 4 events of the Road To THE NEW BEGINNING Tour in January & February because they will all be at Korakuen. THE NEW BEGINNING USA on 2/27 in New Jersey is TBA but I expect that to be a PPV. The rest of February is TBA outside of at least one or two other Korakuen events as part of CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 and THE NEW BEGINNING on 2/11 at Osaka Prefectural Gym in Osaka. 2/11 likely will also be OUTSIDE JAPAN ONLY on New Japan World. 1/4 will be and I expect 2/11 to be exclusive TV Asahi broadcasts in Japan.

New Japan 11/25/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today with the second day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and can be watched on demand on New Japan World.

The announced paid attendance was 699.

Match 1: Gedo, Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. Tsuji pinned Kanemaru.

Match 2: Shoma Kato, Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Masatora Yasuda, Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Desperado pinned Yasuda after a combined powerbomb.

Match 3: Dick Togo, Don Fale & EVIL beat Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Fale pinned Nagai after Grenade.

Match 4: Katsuya Murashima, Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Tatsuya Matsumoto, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Oleg pinned Matsumoto.

World Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Zayne after a foot stomp.
Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Takahashi pinned Phantasmo.
Match 7: SANADA & Ren Narita beat OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Narita pinned OSKAR after Head Of Hell.
Main Event: Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Sabre pinned Umino.

The next event is tomorrow at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai with Block A. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPCOMING FREE VIDEO: IWA Japan/SETUP “A New Dawn” Full Event

You may remember this event from a couple weeks ago at Tokyo Square in Tokyo, which also featured DDT, Tokyo Joshi Pro and New Japan participation, they promised on demand video on YouTube as soon as possible. That’s now all set and you can watch the full event FOR FREE below starting on 11/26 at 3:30 AM PT/6:30 AM ET:

New Japan 11/24/25 Results

New Japan continued the World Tag League today in Tokyo with Fay 2 of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. This was a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1195.

Match 1: Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Newman pinned Jay after a foot stomp.

Match 2: Jado, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay. Tanahashi beat Gedo with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 3: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Kanemaru pinned Nagai.

Match 4: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino. Jackson pinned Kato after Death Valley Bomb.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto beat Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens. YOSHI-HASHI pinned Owens after Shoto.
Match 6: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Satoshi Kojima & Taichi. Oleg pinned Kojima after Kamikaze.
Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado beat Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi. Ishikawa pinned Moloney after a giant slam.
Main Event: Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji beat Don Fale & EVIL. Kidd pinned Fale after War Blaster.

The next event is tomorrow at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 11/20/25 Results (Updated x3)

New Japan kicked off the 2025 World Tag League, the annual year-end (usually) Heavyweight Tag Team tournament, today with the start of Block A.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1498, a legit sellout.

Before the event began, Yoh came out to request a NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championship match at Tokyo Dome, meaning a title defense. More on that later.

Match 1: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Zane Jay, Alex Zayne & Lance Archer. Narita pinned Jay.

Match 2: Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Jacob Austin Young, Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan. Oiwa beat Young with a transformed Boston Crab.

Match 3: Shoma Kato, Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino beat Masatora Yasuda, El Phantasmo & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Umino pinned Yasuda after a lariat.

Match 4: Gedo, Hiromu Takahashi & David Finlay beat Daiki Nagai, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby). Finlay pinned Nagai after a power bomb whip.

World Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano beat Shuji Ishikawa & El Desperado. Yano pinned Ishikawa.
Match 6: Don Fale & EVIL beat Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi. EVIL beat Takahashi with a scorpion deathlock.
Match 7: Satoshi Kojima & Taichi beat YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Taichi pinned YOSHI-HASHI after Black Mephisto.
Main Event: Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi beat Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji. Takagi pinned Kidd after WAR DRAGONS.

After the event ended, Yoh came out again to continue begging Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi for a Tokyo Dome title match. Granted. More as it becomes available.

The next event is Saturday at Fujisawa City Chichibunomiya Memorial Gym in Kanagawa with the start of Block B. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: CMLL FANTASTICAMANIA 2026 was announced during the event. Next year’s series will run 7 events between 2/18-2/27 with the following CMLL participation: Mistico, Mascara Dorada, Titan, Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Templario, Stigma, Ultimo Guerrero, Hechicero, Averno, Soberano Jr., Okumura, Magnus, Futuro, Valiente Jr., Hijo de Stuka Jr. and ring announcer Ivan Salguero.

Event dates: 2/18 (Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2, Tokyo), 2/21 (CHRES Seliz, Kochi), 2/22 (ATC Hall, Osaka), 2/23 (Aichi Prefectural Budokan, Aichi), 2/24 (EDION Osaka B, thinking this is aka Osaka Prefectural Gym 2), 2/26 & 2/27 (Korakuen).

UPDATE 2: In a post-match comments clip posted on New Japan’s Japanese social media account, Tanahashi responded to 11/19 post-match comments from DDT’s Kaisei Takechi where “The Rampage” requested a match against Tanahashi before his retirement. Tanahashi was happy about that but expressed concerns about it not being possible due to Takechi’s schedule. But Tanahashi seemingly extended an invite for Takechi to be part of Tokyo Dome on 1/4.

More as it becomes available..

UPDATE 3: It’s now official. Takechi will be part of 1/4z also, the NEVER 6-aman Tag Team Title match will be a Tornado Rambo aka a battle royal.

New Japan 11/19/25 Results

Tonight was a night full of EVIL (INDEEEEEEEED!) as New Japan held the first House Of Torture produced event, appropriately dubbed “PURGE NIGHT OF TORTURE”.

Todat’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV on New Japan World for $22.99 US.

The announced paid attendance was 1481, a legit advance sellout.

There was a change to the second match due to Tomohiro Ishii being out with a shoulder injury. Taichi was the replacement.

Pre-show match: Hip Togo (Ryusuke Taguchi) beat Dick Togo.

Match 1: EVIL beat Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate).

Match 2: Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Chase Owens & Don Fale beat Masato Tanaka (ZERO1), Ikuto Hidaka (ZERO1) & Taichi. Owens pinned Hidaka after Last Testament. (New Japan’s English website says it was Yujiro Takahashi here but the Japanese website says Owens. I go with Japanese first)

Match 3: Dick Togo & Ren Narita beat HANZO & The Great Sasauke (Michinoku Pro). Narita pinned HANZO.

Matxh 4: Sho, DOUKI & SANADA beat Kaisei Takechi, Akito & Yuki Ueno (DDT) by ref stoppage. DOUKI beat Akito with Italian Stretch 32 after multiple deadly weapon uses.

Main Event: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Saya Kamitani (Stardom) went to a no contest. Out of control. H.O.T. and H.A.T.E. interference. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: EVIL vs. Yujiro Takahashi went to a Double KO. Afterwards, despite the divisions EVIL proclaimed the House was unified still. Because they are EVIL! ((INDEEEEEEEEED!)

The next event is the World Tag League, the annual year-end (usually) Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting tomorrow. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

New Japan 11/16/25 Results

New Japan ran another standalone event, SHIMONOSEKI IMPACT, today which was possibly in collaboration with boat race events in the area.

Today’s event was held at J:COM Arena Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. Despite what New Japan said on social media about all remaining events being streamable/watchable before Hiroshi Tanahashi retires, there is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 2057.

There was a last-minute change to the main event due to El Desperado being removed from the card. Lower back injury.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Tiger Mask beat Masatora Yasuda.

Match 3: Toru Yano & Togi Makabe beat Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato. Yano pinned Kato.

Match 4: Master Wato & Yoh beat Daiki Nagai & Gedo. Yoh pined Nagai after a falcon blow.

Match 5: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji beat Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg. Takagi pinned Honma after Burning Dragon.

Match 6: Hiromu Takahashi, OSKAR (The Grouch) & Yuto Ice (Ice Baby) beat Ryusuke Taguchi, YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto. Ice pinned Taguchi after K.O.B.

Main Event: Go Takemura (Independent/Freelancer), Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Tanahashi pinned Jackson after High Fly Flow.

The next event is PURGE NIGHT OF TORTURE, a House Of Torture Produced event, Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming as a PPV on New Japan World will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The PPV is available for pre-order for 3500 yen in Japan and $22.99 in the US.

New Japan News: Title Change In Mexico Yesterday

According to various US news sites, there was a New Japan title change in Mexico at a CMLL event last night-Angel De Oro & Niebla Roja beat STRONG Tag Team Champions Templario & TJP to win the titles and become the 13th Champions. This comes amidst some rumors on various US sites that TJP is headed to WWE, but not as a wrestler-he reportedly would be a coach for NXT at the WWE Performance Center, or specifically a guest coach.

While they did not say anything about the title change, New Japan has updated their Japanese website to reflect the new champs. TJP is also still listed as a roster member so, as they always say, make of this what you will.

(New Japan’s Japanese page also reveals that, in June, TJP & Templario actually beat de Oro & Roja to retain the titles, which was V1 for the then-champs. Gonna have to dig that up on YouTube in case it’s not paywalled on CMLL’s channel)

Injury Report: No Desperado At The Boat Races

New Japan has announced a late injury change to tomorrow’s (apparently non-televised) event at Shimonoseki Boat Races-El Desperado is now off. Lower back. Out indefinitely. He was to have been in the main event teaming with Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Go Takemura (Independent/Freelancer) is the replacement. It’s not yet known how long Desperado will be out but with his being part of the World Tag League starting Thursday it could be an issue if he can’t compete.

More as it becomes available.